On 1 April 2015, the innovation programme “Biorefinery for raw materials and flexibility” of Wageningen UR Food & Biobased Research and TNO started. Within this program is a unique project which started research on the isolation of specific oligosaccharides from fibrous residues such as wheat bran and husks of corn and legumes (“wrap”), is central. In the research room for new partners.<\/p>\n
For companies and governments who are interested in valorization of this type residues, or with a specific interest in end products based on oligosaccharides, develop Food & Biobased Research and TNO knowledge and technology. This will employability in food (dietary fiber) and technological applications, such as packaging, films, adhesives and coatings, increase. By combining their knowledge and expertise both research organizations in collaboration with companies to explore new applications for oligosaccharides. It is based on the most advanced applications, food or industrial applications. The final applications are tested in cooperation with companies. Parties can now step into this yet two-year research program, which starts in the summer of 2015.<\/p>\n
Until now, research is mostly done on lignocellulosic crops that contain a lot of lignin. Less research has been done into biomass sources that do not contain lignin, but which are rich in hemicellulose: streams such as wheat bran and husks of corn and legumes (shroud). Such materials are now used as animal feed but have the potential to be used in more sophisticated applications.<\/p>\n
The research focuses on the design of a new process that improves the efficiency of the extraction of hemicellulose oligosaccharides. Extraction is technically already possible, but it is not economically viable process. The first part of the study will focus on the design of a new bioraffinageproces allows extraction and isolation of oligosaccharides from the ‘wrap’ is improved and involve recovery of other valuable by streams such as proteins and sugars are mapped. Before designing a new extraction process will RIP and Food & Biobased Research deploy their expertise around biorefinery and carbohydrates. In addition to improving the extraction process itself will also be paid to the molecular weight distribution, and how the same may be varied in order to get a better view of functional properties. In the second part of the study, these properties are mapped. Food & Biobased Research and TNO will therefore use their expertise in material knowledge of end applications and their modifications.<\/p>\n
The oligosaccharides represent a class of compounds having exceptional bio-based functional and biological properties with a wide application. They can serve as raw material for bio-based surface-active agents, biodegradable plastics, water soluble films, coatings, capsules and tablets, hydrogels, micro-and nano-particles. Because they are non-digestible, they can also be used as prebiotics in foodstuffs and in anti-obesity diets. Also, cosmetic applications are also possible because of, inter alia, the moisturizing capacity of oligosaccharides.<\/p>\n
The project offers ample opportunities to companies that have the relevant secondary flows and want value out towards new applications and end manufacturers of dietary fiber, adhesives, coatings, packaging materials, paper and cosmetics. A series of potential new, green, bio-based and competitive raw materials come into the picture to replace synthetic additives. TNO and Food & Biobased Research are also looking for ‘processing’ companies and enzyme producers wishing to participate in this new process.<\/p>\n
Interested companies and governments can apply until 30 May. All information about the Strategic Innovation at Wageningen UR and TNO visit: www.wageningenur.nl\/sip<\/a> . You can contact: Dr. J (Jacco) of Haveren<\/a> – Strategic Innovation at Wageningen UR and TNO .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On 1 April 2015, the innovation programme “Biorefinery for raw materials and flexibility” of Wageningen UR Food & Biobased Research and TNO started. Within this program is a unique project which started research on the isolation of specific oligosaccharides from fibrous residues such as wheat bran and husks of corn and legumes (“wrap”), is central. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[],"supplier":[2624,100],"class_list":["post-25732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","supplier-tno","supplier-universitaet-wageningen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25732\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25732"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=25732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}